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"There isn't any project that I now consider 'too little' or 'too small,' like that girl [an earlier version of herself] from back in the early seventies, the girl who said 'I will never do a sitcom,' 'I will never do a soap opera,'" says the actress Judith Light as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of THR's 'Awards Chatter' podcast. "That's not ever where I come from anymore. I come from great respect for the work." Ironically, Light is perhaps most famous for her acclaimed turns on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (1977-1983) and the ABC sitcom Who's the Boss (1984-1992) — projects she now, a few months shy of her 70th birthday, proudly embraces — but she has also done so much more en route to becoming one of the most respected and admired actresses of her generation. At the moment, Light is as busy and buzzy as ever. She and her colleagues on Amazon's Transparent are preparing to wind down that critically-applauded show; she … [Read more...] about ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Judith Light (‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’)

Sarah Rahal The Detroit News Published 3:53 p.m. UTC Jul 19, 2018 Hundreds of young women and girls sexually abused by former MSU sports doctor Larry Nassar received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award by ESPN on Wednesday. In a dramatic walk to the stage,140 women and girls, including Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman, assembled to a standing ovation and the song "I Can't Keep Quiet" by MILCK. Nassar was sentenced in February to up to 125 years in prison after 204 testimonies in nine days in Ingham and Eaton counties by women and girls who said he abused them under the guise of treatment for sports injuries. Actor Jennifer Garner presented the award saying, "We have to hear (their stories) for one, to make sure what happened at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics never happens again, but we also have to hear it because the massive chorus of voices that have emerged from incredible darkness over the last year and are demanding it with poise, … [Read more...] about ‘Portrait of survival’: Those abused by Nassar honored at ESPYs

By Martha Ross | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group July 10, 2018 at 10:15 am As a ruggedly handsome 1950s heartthrob, Tab Hunter went on a number of very public dates with the most popular starlets of the decade, including Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Tuesday Weld. But as Hunter revealed in the years leading up to his death Sunday at 86, he wasn’t romantically interested in women. He described himself as never being conflicted about his sexuality, but he knew that being open about his sexuality would destroy his career. So, like other gay actors, including fellow heartthrob Rock Hudson, Hunter stayed in the closet. That includes keeping quiet about his three-year relationship with another up-and-coming actor of the era: Anthony Perkins. Certainly, in an alternate universe, Hunter and Perkins would have been one of “Hollywood’s hottest couples,” the New Yorker’s Michael Schulman wrote in a column about the 2015 documentary on … [Read more...] about Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins: One of Hollywood ‘hottest’ couple’s secret affair to become a movie

By Shawn Marsh Published 1:53 pm PDT, Monday, July 9, 2018 Photo: Jordan Strauss / Associated Press 2013 Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Tab Hunter attends a Hollywood Foreign Press Association luncheon in Beverly Hills in 2013. He died Sunday at age 86. Tab Hunter attends a Hollywood Foreign Press Association luncheon in Beverly Hills in 2013. He died Sunday at age 86. Photo: Jordan Strauss / Associated Press 2013 Tab Hunter, Hollywood heartthrob, dies at 86 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Tab Hunter, the blond actor and singer who was a heartthrob for millions of teenagers in the 1950s with such films as “Battle Cry” and “Damn Yankees!” and received new attention decades later when he revealed that he was gay, has died. He was 86. Producer and spouse Allan Glaser said Hunter died Sunday … [Read more...] about Tab Hunter, Hollywood heartthrob, dies at 86